Balami, Ahmed Dahiru
Md. Said, Salmiah
Mohd. Zulkefli, Nor Afiah
Bachok, Norsa’adah
Audu, Bala
Article History
Received: 17 September 2018
Accepted: 30 October 2020
First Online: 25 November 2020
Ethics approval and consent to participate
: Due to low literacy levels, informed verbal consent was obtained from each respondent after they had been taken through the respondent information sheet. No additional consent was obtained from the husbands or guardians of those below 18 years, as they were considered emancipated minors, since they were married women. The study protocol, as well as methods of obtaining consent, had been approved by the Ethics Committee of the State Specialist Hospital Maiduguri (SSH/GEN/64/Vol.1) and the Ethics Committee for Research Involving Human Subjects of the Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM/TNCPI/RMC/1.4.18.2) before the study commenced.
: The authors declare that they have no competing interests.